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Saturday, December 31, 2011

We wish to thank our more than one-quarter million visitors to our blog this past year and the thousands of weekly readers now (hopefully) enjoying our parody and satire versions of what's going on in the world around us.

We will return on January 3, 2012, direct from Iowa, at which time we'll report on the lackluster caucus voters voting for lackluster presidential candidates.

No! These are not Hollywood tinsel-town 'made-up' actors for some kind of Sci-fi movie.

These men have actually modified their bodies into the 'freaks' shown. Most occupy work in carnival side shows and we doubt they will show up in the Occupy Wall Street movement, although we are told they support Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann in their campaigns for the presidency.Now you can vomit!

Friday, December 30, 2011

Trent Arsenault is an environmentalist. He has taken his 'green' organic "fresh" product to new dimensions and into future generations.

Instead of "casting his seed upon the sand", Trent casts his seed (ON DEMAND) in a plastic cup and while it's "fresh", hands it over to 'fertilization specealists' who, in turn, plant it in a waiting womb. And 'WAHLA'! An Embryo is created.

Trent Arsenault is a sperm donor, 'par excellence'. His sperm is responsible for at least 14 identified children and the count is going up as we write with at least 4 additional pregnancies reported.

Trent is a 36 year old computer 'wiz' in the Silicon Valley who fancies himself as some kind of Superman, although his photos seem to be more in the Clark Kent category. Trent also moonlights and dabbles in the porn industry according to other reports.

For more information than anyone needs about this bizarre story, visit his website, trentdonor.org for edification.

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India: Asian Age Newspaper is reporting Arun Sandhukha, 53, was hospitalized on December 11, 2011, at SSKM Hospital for pneumonia and later died from loss of blood caused by rats chewing off his penis.

When family arrived for a visit they found Sandhukha in a pool of blood and writhing in pain with no medical staff in attendance. He was later pronounced dead according to reports.

Hospital staff report the State operated Hospital had been infested by rats following a fire in early December. This story was reported on December 24, but it was not made clear when the incident happened.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christian cartoonist Joe King has fielded his "I'M NOT GAY, I'm Just a Sissy" 2012 Wall Calendar to an adoring fundamentalist Christian audience and the Gay-Lesbian (and everything else in between) community is going ballistic over 'the slurs'.

Besides, some of the 'months' feature what some are calling likenesses to well known corporate Christian Tea Party-Republican prissy flouncers Marcus Bachmann and Texas Governor Rick Perry.Joe King does have a sense of humor!

(Update: 1/2/12: In the last polls prior to tomorrow's caucuses, Santorum is in a dead heat with Romney and Paul. Can he pull off an upset victory? Stay tuned. Also, please see our June 2011 article, "Meet Rick Santorum....." for further information.) ________________________

With the IOWA Caucuses just a few days away and with the corporate media buzzing as if it meant something important, we decided to report the progress of the most lackluster candidate in the Tea Party Republican field of lackluster presidential hopefuls.

Rick Santorum

RICK SANTORUM--aka The Mortimer Snerd on the Tea Party Republican train of clowns, and who is in the caboose in the polls (less than 4%) for a presidential nomination, deserves some attention. And we'll be the one to give it to him.

On the day after Christmas our nerd, Snerd, went hunting. Leaving his Bible at home and replacing it with a Nordstrom's NRA cap, Mortimer killed some birds. Pheasants. He also went hunting for the endorsement of U.S. Representative Steve King (R-IOWA), his hunting partner, as if that meant something too. King has not made an endorsement yet, but we don't expect it to be Snerd. Rick farts a lot, we are told.

Mortimer

And so the IOWA countdown is closing in with just a few days to go. Look for Santorum to fold his presidential tent shortly thereafter unless he reaches into double caucus digits. Can the Iowa 'caucusers' be stupid enough to vote for Mortimer Snerd?

Mitt Romney

Then, two weeks from today Iowa will be forgotten with attention going to New Hampshire. And then on and on until Mitt Romney captures the nomination which was determined months ago.

The Donkervoort Motor Co. was founded in 1978, and is headquartered in Lelystad, The Netherlands. Donkervoort cars are handmade vehicles and Audi engines are used in their manufacture. Their motto is "NO COMPROMISE" -- in recognition of their world renowned quality. The 'base' 2012 model sells for about 130k.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Today, while Pandering to an Iowa audience for votes, Mitt Romney said that as President he would cut funding for the arts and in particular "cut spending for public television". "I'll put ads on Big Bird", he averred.

In a brief interview with Miss Piggy before she left for Iowa to kick some serious political butt, she said, "Big Bird is the all time Mr. Nice Guy". I'm not. I'm meeting with the caucus chairmen tomorrow with proof 'rumney' will replace PBS programing with Book of Mormon tutorials. And I've got a lot more. Fasten your seat belts".

2012 promises to be an exciting year in politics. In addition to 0ne-third of the U.S. Senate and all of the House of Representatives up for election along with a number of Governorships and other State offices up for grabs, we political junkies are going to busy bees.

Add to this an unprecedented 150+ recall elections in 17 States and presidential primary elections in non-stop mode for half the year and the political pundits and bloggers will be buzzing.

Given over-the-top unprecedented voter unrest and repudiation for the mess America finds itself, will 2012 be a year of "OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW election year?

We think so. Stay tuned for up to date chronicles right here on THE GREAT AMERICAN DISCONNECT for updates and predictions with hopefully some humor too.

Once again, putting a spotlight on their executive incompetence and leadership failures, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry won't be on the Virginia Republican Primary Ballot on Super Tuesday 2012!

So what happened?

Rick Perry

Was Newt busy at Tiffany's buying Callista more jewelry on their 7 figure open account there? Was "The Rick" playing footsie with Larry Craig in an Airport toilet stall? Or, was he talking to Jesus at his Camp Niggerhead family (Brokeback Mountain) Compound?NO!

They were both 'administrative-sloppy' and didn't play by the rules. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul did play by the rules and they will be counted.

To qualify, a candidate needs 10,000 registered voter signatures with a small amount of registrants from each Virginia County. Although Virginia voting laws are a bit more complicated than most States, with their history of voter fraud there is ample reason why. Gingrich says he will a stage a write-in campaign. But Virginia disallows 'write-ins' in presidential primaries. So, again, Gingrich shows his campaign and himself as 'form without substance'.

Virginia takes 13 electoral votes to the Republican convention, votes that neither Gingrich nor Perry have the possibility of getting.

It's Always about the Money

There are other States who haven't certified candidates yet for their primary ballots with their own special qualifying rules. One might wonder if Gingrich and Perry have been equally sloppy in these States.

Accordingly, any organization or person wishing to donate to any candidate might want to know beforehand if that candidate is 'qualified' by proper authorities to even be on the ballot. It seems those who have funded Gingrich and Perry thrown their money down the proverbial rat hole.

Rick Perry likes to preach Christian Values and Moral Standards. He pontificates an austere smaller government with less taxpayer burden and responsibility to taxpayers. He evangelizes against government waste and spending.

Perry on the Campaign Trail

But "the rick" doesn't seem to be able to translate these standards and ethics to himself.

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE is reporting from documents obtained through the Texas budget office that Rick Perry's campaign for the Tea Party-Republican nomination for the presidency is costing Texas taxpayers an additional $400,000.00 a month in security for their governor who's looking for a new job.

These dollars are being spent on travel expenses for Perry's "security" which includes high end hotel accommodations, french cuisine and all manner of booze for the 'battle worn' security guard, according to documents obtained.

Perry defends these costs at taxpayers expense as being 'good for Texas' as he is telling the "Texas Story" on his national campaign tours.

At the same time, The Perry Campaign reports collecting over $17 million in donations.

All other campaigns use campaign contributions for their security, with far less spent than Perry's 400k costs.

And then there's 'Tricky Rick's' $10,000.00 a month (plus expenses) chef who travels with him who is also paid by Texas taxpayers. Grover Norquist? Matt Kibbe? Sal Russo? Are you paying attention? You better put a bridle on "your boy". He's making you look bad along with his less than 6% voter popularity according to the polls.

Friday, December 23, 2011

2011 was not a good year to write home about, because many of us lost our homes to foreclosure this past year.....or have no homes to write home to right now. Some of us lost our jobs while others of us saw our personal income and retirement savings decimated. Most of us lost 'net worth'. If we're lucky, we and our families have our health.

Still, with all the bad news and situations in which we find ourselves, both individually and collectively, with a sense of humor and some optimism we look to a NEW YEAR with hope and a lightness of spirit and good will. We are optimistic. And hope you are too.

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This past year we watched in awe as our government representatives fought and argued to GIVE more to the super rich and TAKE more from us with Bibles under their arms and calling themselves patriots.

But even with optimism we must all be informed, vigilant and circumspect about those people and politicians in our presence with dubious causes. Next year is an election year and we hope everyone gets out to vote. And we hope you are informed. If you're not informed, STAY HOME because you will nullify a vote from an informed voter.

"THE Economy" remained the dominate factor in American lives in 2011. Called the greatest recession since the great depression , it's in fact the greatest depression in modern history and it's still with us.....there were, however, noteworthy events (some of which were silly, negative, tragic and positive) which we'll chronicle here.

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Jared Laughner

No sooner than the year began, U.S. Congresswoman Gabriele Giffords was the target of a deranged assassin. Jared Laughner seriously wounded Giffords and killed 6 other people at an outdoor political event in Tucson, Arizona last January 7.

Moamar Qaddafi Dead

2011 brought serious uprisings of the people throughout the Middle East with Mubarak in Egypt deposed and Qaddafi in Libya killed in the processes. Called the 'Arab Spring', these uprisings continue as we write amidst serious blood shed.

America's War in Iraq wound down (after 9 years) as the fighting escalated in Afghanistan in it's 10th year.

bin Laden Dead

In May, Osama bin Laden was found 'hiding in the open' in a mansion in Pakistan and was rendered 'paws-up', giving America and the free world a symbolic victory of sorts as the war on terror continues.

Japan Earthquake Aftermath

Japan experienced a serious earthquake followed by an even more serious tsunami followed by an even more serious meltdown of a nuclear energy facility. After months of cleanup, the work continues as the results of this disaster will be with Japan and the world for decades to come.

Anthony Weiner

This past Summer the corporate media was in a frenzy after Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) 'tweeted' a photo of his penis outlined in his underwear to a constituent. Although a 'nothing' story the nation was in a titter over the twitter and Weiner eventually resigned his seat in congress and took his 'distinguished member' with him. (As an aside, Weiner and family are to be congratulated on the recent birth of a son.)

Occupy Wall Street-NYC

Although Weiner's penis did not 'Occupy Wall Street', it may as well have because just down the street from where Weiner was ending his political career, a new phenom was growing on the American landscape and psyche.

The "Occupy" protest movement now 'occupies' more than 1,000 cities nationwide and continues because people (THE 99%) are really pissed at the American government.

President Obama

President Obama's approval scores plummeted to all time lows out of disappointment of his performance in office. However, after the people got a look at the Corporate Christian Tea Party-Republican Clown Train of presidential contenders flanked by corporate lobbyists and the "debates" that became an 'idiots delight" reality show, Obama is more popular than ever. He goes into the new year, an election year, with significant political strength.

Steve Jobs

America lost some super stars this year. Elizabeth Taylor died in March of congestive heart failure and Steve Jobs died in October of complications from pancreatic cancer.

The corporate media lost more credibility this year as the world witnessed Rupert Murdock's empire suffering criminal charges in hacking scandals and government bribery allegations. The result has been less viewers in the electronic media and fewer news paper readers as blogs and the shadow media grew exponentially.

America was pummeled by the graphic revelations of the Penn State Child Sexual Abuse scandal which included cover ups that made even the Washington politicians blush.

Tim Tebow doing the TeBOW

Corporate Christianity got a boost from Tebowmania and the Denver Broncos when Baby Jesus Tim Tebow started kneeling before games and painting scripture under his eyes. Corporate Christianity also took it in the shorts with their evangelical buffoonery compounded by sex scandals and Rick Perry's and Michele Bachmann's hypocritical chicanery.

The Raging Grannies of South Florida

Honorable mention must be given to The Raging Grannies of South Florida for giving us entertainment with heavy doses of humor and sane common sense logic to immediate social issues.

Also, Sarah Palin is to be congratulated for going the way of the DODO bird and becoming nearly extinct this year. With a voice that can knock a 'slime-bat' out of the sky at a 100 yards and a dumbness of mind and heart, she will not be missed. Even former President G.W. Bush refers to Palin as "that dumb shit", according to his memoir written in crayola.

Courtesy Smirking Chimp

G.W. stayed out of America's corporate news for most of the year but did make international news when it was reported he couldn't travel to Europe as he would be arrested for War Crimes by The World Court.

John Boehner Cries again!

We had doomsday prophesies that didn't happen and Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner gave us tears when trying to line the pockets of the rich and smiles as he was trying to screw senior citizens, the middle class, and veterans among others in this year that was.

As we say good-bye to 2011, and welcome 2012, we wonder what genetic defects will be passed on to the New Year and if it's DNA will bring America Happiness, Health and Prosperity.

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